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Absent Voting: Northern Ireland

Answer

The information below has been provided by the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. The table shows how many proxy votes were applied for in each local government district for the local elections in Northern Ireland on 2 May and what this represents as a percentage of (a) the total electorate and (b) the votes polled in each of those districts.

Local Council	Total Proxy	Eligible Electorate*	% Eligible Electorate	Total Votes Polled*	% Votes Polled
Antrim and Newtownabbey	205	98,899	0.21%	48,526	0.42%
Ards and North Down	150	116,536	0.13%	50,866	0.29%
Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon	414	147,977	0.28%	79,309	0.52%
Belfast	1533	224,628	0.68%	114,664	1.34%
Causeway Coast and Glens	575	98,930	0.58%	51,212	1.12%
Derry and Strabane	1174	107,975	1.09%	61,798	1.90%
Fermanagh and Omagh	1601	84,313	1.90%	52,620	3.04%
Lisburn and Castlereagh	127	102,151	0.12%	50,747	0.25%
Mid and East Antrim	227	98,410	0.23%	47,383	0.48%
Mid Ulster	1090	100,238	1.09%	60,180	1.81%
Newry Mourne and Down	986	125,496	0.79%	70,428	1.40%
Totals	8082	1,305,553	-	687,733	-

*Source: https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/8b059a6e-c7bc-4644-ae35-9dbf293d0665/Local-Council-Elections-2019-Turnout-final

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL15556

Session

2017-19

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Subjects

Absent voting Elections Local government Northern Ireland

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